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My challenge for Fukuyama is to name a government with a large, diverse
population that in his view works really well. The countries with
populations larger than the U.S. are China and India, and I do not wish
to trade governance with either country. In fact, of the top 10 most populous countries,
the only one with a government that is not atrociously worse than ours
is Japan. And they are the least diverse. Germany, with 1/4 of our
population, is decently governed. So is the UK, with 1/5 of our
population, and Canada, with 1/9 of our population.
When you think of a country with an effective central government, what
comes to mind? I come up with Singapore, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden,
and such, all with populations under 10 million. And Switzerland
delegates a lot of political power to cantons and towns. What this says
to me is that the most promising way to reform government in the U.S.
is in the direction of Federalism, rather than betting on making the
central government work better
Source: Arnold Kling, "A Challenge for Francis Fukuyama," askblog, December 15, 2013
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